Computer Lab Usage Survey- Fall 1999

The Institutional Research Office completed a telephone survey ofComputer Lab Usage Survey between October 4th and November 5th.A random sample of 1,200 students attending WSU during the fall semester were chosen and 642 were contacted for a response rate of of 54 percent.This represents a margin of error of about plus or minus 3 percent.

1. Approximately how many times have you useda computer at WSU in the past year?

Not used at all

179

28%

1-10

182

28%

11-25

60

9%

29-50

78

12%

51-100

65

10%

Over 100

78

12%

2. Which open labs do you use?

Library

211

27%

Social Science

142

18%

Student Union

105

13%

Wattis

87

11%

None of these

53

7%

Health Professions

40

5%

Natural Science

28

4%

Davis

28

4%

Student Services Center

25

3%

Macintosh/Education bldg

24

3%

Math

16

2%

HPER bldg.

11

1%

Wasatch Hall

8

1%

3. Which discipline specific labs do you use?

TBE labs

24

4%

Computer Science labs

39

6%

Manufacturing/CAD-CAM

4

1%

Other ____________.

11

2%

None

564

88%

4. How do you use the WSU computer labs?

Word Processing

290

32%

E-Mail

204

23%

Web

256

28%

Graphics

10

1%

Programming

16

2%

Mathematics or Statistics

16

2%

Other

112

12%

5. If you wanted to use a lab at WSU but were unable to, Why were you unable to use the lab?

Lab was full

191

58%

Network failure

68

21%

Needed software not available

14

4%

Adequate help not available

7

2%

Lab was closed

35

11%

Other

14

4%

6. Considering the computing fees at other Utah universities are: U of U 179.40, USU 90, SUU 60, and at WSU 17.30, what dollar amount of student fee money do you think should be spent on computing at WSU?

Less than $9

10

2%

$9-$17

269

42%

$18-$25

36

6%

$26-$50

95

15%

$51-$100

108

17%

$101-$150

2

0%

H. Over $150

0

0%

F. Don't know

119

19%

7. Considering the total student fee at other universities in Utah as mentioned above, would you prefer that:

Your total fee be increased to accommodate an increased computing fee.

45

20%

The total fee remain the same and monies be reallocated for computing.

179

80%

Survey Respondents College of the stated major compared against fall breakdown of all majors.